Sandy Hook mourns while others seek escape with 'Dexter' and 'Divas'

Days after the deadly Sandy Hook school shooting, the tragedy is still dominating news sites, social media and search traffic. The coverage is splintering a bit, but major trends include: last night's emotional speech by President Obama, the Westboro Baptist Church's plans to protest the funerals of the victims, and more details about the ammunition and weapons that Adam Lanza used.

Meanwhile, many other Americans sought to escape the grisly news and took refugee in escapist TV fare. Sunday's programming from "VH1 Divas" to "Dexter" to a WWE event all are attracting search traffic this morning. Baltimore's own Stacy Keibler (above right) was presenter at "VH1 Divas." The Reuters photo caption generously calls her an "actress." And watching a show like "Dexter" may seem like an odd choice after Friday, but I guess when you commit to a series, you're all in.

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Sandy Hook (Newtown)Trending on: National TwitterWhy: Speaking in Newtown, Conn., President Barack Obama said Sunday night that in the coming weeks, he would use "whatever power this office holds" to engage with law enforcement, mental health professionals, parents and educators in an effort to prevent more tragedies like the killings of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday. [Baltimore Sun]

VH1DivasTrending on: Baltimore Twitter, National TwitterWhy: The world lost a huge talent last February when The Voice passed away unexpectedly in her hotel room in Los Angeles. While Whitney was reigned supreme as the queen of ballads, she just as much ruled dance songs. VH1 DIVAS honored the incomparable legend with a show-stopping performance by Jordin Sparks, Ledisi and Melanie Fiona. [VH1]

DexterTrending on: Baltimore Twitter, Google TrendsWhy: This is what it all comes down to. Sunday our questions would be answered. Or so we thought. The surprises kept coming one after another, but after a moment you realize there are more questions here now then when you started. [Baltimore Sun]

Patriots (Pats, Tom Brady, SNF)Trending on: Baltimore Twitter, Google TrendsWhy: Colin Kaepernick threw four touchdown passes and visiting San Francisco took advantage of four New England turnovers, holding off a wild rally by the defending AFC champs on a cold and rainy night. [Baltimore Sun]

RHOATrending on: Baltimore TwitterWhy: NeNe Leakes is now a bonafide actress. She’s on "The New Normal” on NBC after a stint on Fox’s “Glee.” So she has a good eye for bad acting – as in, Kenya Moore and Walter Jackson. [Baltimore Sun]

WWETLC (WWE)Trending on: Baltimore Twitter, Google TrendsWhy: WWE pretty much saved the best for last, in terms of pay-per-view offerings. Even with WWE champion CM Punk off the card because of injury, WWE TLC was a terrific pay-per-view event with several great things to write home about. [Baltimore Sun]